Top surnames from the 1881 census in Innerwick, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

Innerwick is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
ANDERSON263.341916.92
DICKSON253.213486.78
WATT243.084880.46
GOLIGHTLY202.57071,156.07
WATSON192.442210.53
ANGUS182.3136161.73
TORRY182.31362,903.23
HENDERSON172.185120.10
KERR172.185140.07
RENTON162.0566335.43
YOUNG151.92808.97
SKELDON141.79951,772.15
KIRKWOOD141.7995199.15
PURVES141.7995275.05
SCOTT131.67106.60
LAWRIE121.5424161.07
ROBERTSON121.54249.20
HOGG111.413939.13
KNOX101.285374.85
DENHOLM101.2853306.75
THOMSON101.28539.62
HALL91.15683.93
WIGHT91.1568225.00
ALLAN81.028316.38
WILSON81.02832.24
FAIRBAIRN81.0283139.13
JEFFREY81.028355.63
STEWART81.02836.57
FORD70.89979.24
PEFFERS70.89971,555.56
PEARSON60.77126.64
SWANSTON60.7712359.28
CATHIE60.77121,428.57
WYLLIE60.7712110.09
DEER60.7712491.80
ARNOT60.7712250.00
TURNER60.77122.77
BARBER60.771212.81
SMITH50.64270.46
CARR50.64278.91
BALD50.6427403.23
WALKER50.64271.92
PAXTON50.642780.65
GALBRAITH50.642770.22
FORTUNE50.6427122.85
JOHNSTONE50.642714.22
AMOS50.642739.12
BRODIE50.642747.89
BLACK50.64279.92
GILMORE40.514187.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TORRY0.787782903.2258
SKELDON0.787781772.1519
PEFFERS0.787781555.5556
CATHIE0.787781428.5714
GOLIGHTLY0.787781156.0694
BURGEN0.78778512.8205
DEER0.78778491.8033
BALD0.78778403.2258
GILLIE0.78778379.7468
SWANSTON0.78778359.2814
RENTON0.78778335.4298
DENHOLM0.78778306.7485
MURE0.78778277.7778
PURVES0.78778275.0491
TRENCH0.78778270.2703
ARNOT0.78778250.0000
WIGHT0.78778225.0000
KIRKWOOD0.78778199.1465
HOGGAN0.78778178.5714
ANGUS0.78778161.7251
LAWRIE0.78778161.0738
HORSBURGH0.78778156.2500
FREELAND0.78778145.6311
LITSTER0.78778142.8571
FAIRBAIRN0.78778139.1304
FORTUNE0.78778122.8501
WYLLIE0.78778110.0917
STORIE0.78778109.8901
SANSON0.78778102.0408
JAFFRAY0.7877892.5926
GILMORE0.7877887.7193
DICKSON0.7877886.7754
DALGLEISH0.7877885.7143
BRYDON0.7877881.6327
PAXTON0.7877880.6452
WATT0.7877880.4559
KNOX0.7877874.8503
BURNSIDE0.7877873.2601
GALBRAITH0.7877870.2247
BURNET0.7877870.1754
DUNDAS0.7877868.0272
CONNER0.7877866.4452
JEFFREY0.7877855.6328
REDPATH0.7877855.4017
BRODIE0.7877847.8927
FOREST0.7877844.8430
HASTIE0.7877840.5680
KERR0.7877840.0660
HOGG0.7877839.1320
AMOS0.7877839.1236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 778 people called TORRY in Innerwick at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2903.2258 in Innerwick means that 2903.2258% of the people in Innerwick on census day were called TORRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TORRY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called TORRY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called TORRY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called TORRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.78 in Innerwick means that you are 0.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TORRY in Innerwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Innerwick in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLAN (8)  AMOS (5)  ANDERSON (26)  ANGUS (18)  ARKLIE (1)  ARMITT (1)  ARNOT (6)  BALD (5)  BARBER (6)  BARNES (4)  BEGARNIE (1)  BARRIE (1)  BLACK (5)  BLACKHALL (1)  BOLTON (1)  BORTHWICK (1)  BROADWOOD (3)  BRODIE (5)  BROWN (4)  BRUCE (2)  BRYSON (2)  BRYDON (2)  BUCHANAN (1)  BURGEN (2)  BURNET (2)  BURNSIDE (2)  CALDWELL (3)  CARR (5)  CARROLL (1)  CATHIE (6)  CAVERHAM (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHURCH (1)  MC CLAY (4)  CONNER (4)  COLTHERD (9)  COWE (12)  CRAIK (4)  CRAIG (1)  DALGLEISH (3)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAVIES (1)  DENHOLM (10)  DEVINE (3)  DICKSON (25)  DOUGLAS (4)  DUNDAS (1)  DEER (6)  ELLIOT (1)  EWART (1)  FAIRBAIRN (8)  FERGIS (2)  FLEMING (1)  FOGGO (6)  FORD (7)  FOREST (1)  FORSYTH (1)  FORTU (7)  FORTUNE (5)  FRASER (4)  FREELAND (3)  GALBRAITH (5)  GEMMELL (1)  GERRARD (1)  GILLIE (3)  MC GILL (2)  GILMORE (4)  GOLIGHTLY (20)  HALL (9)  HAMILTON (1)  HASTIE (2)  HENDERSON (17)  HENRY (4)  HEWAT (1)  HOGGAN (2)  HOGG (11)  HOPE (1)  HORSBURGH (3)  HUNTER (2)  JAFFRAY (1)  JEFFREY (8)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNSTONE (5)  KEMP (1)  KERR (17)  KIRKWOOD (14)  KNOX (10)  LAMONT (1)  LAING (2)  LAWRIE (12)  LAIDLAW (2)  LITSTER (1)  LITTLE (4)  LOGAN (1)  LUGTON (10)  MALCELOM (2)  MALCOLM (1)  MC DONALD (4)  DONALD (1)  MC GARRY (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  MC GUATT (1)  MC LEAN (4)  MACLEISH (1)  MC LENNAN (6)  M GRAIL (1)  MUIR (3)  MURE (1)  MURDOCH (1)  NELSON (4)  NISBET (2)  OLIVER (2)  PATERSON (1)  PAXTON (5)  PEARSON (6)  PEFFERS (7)  PENDRIDGE (3)  POW (1)  PRENTICE (3)  PRINGLE (1)  PURVES (14)  RANKIN (4)  REDPATH (2)  RENTON (16)  RIDDLE (1)  ROBERTSON (12)  WHITEHEAD OR ROBINSON (2)  RUNCIMAN (11)  SANDERSON (1)  SAUNDERSON (3)  SANSON (1)  SCAMBLER (13)  SCOTT (13)  SKELDON (14)  SMITH (5)  STEWART (8)  STORIE (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  SWANSTON (6)  SWANSON (1)  THOMSON (10)  TODD (3)  TORRY (18)  TRENCH (2)  TROTTER (1)  TULLOCH (2)  TUNNIE (2)  TURNER (6)  VALENCE (2)  WALKER (5)  WALLACE (1)  WATSON (19)  WATT (24)  WESTON (2)  WIGHT (9)  WILSON (8)  WOOD (1)  WYLLIE (6)  YOUNG (15)